Mother’s Day – My Mom

My mom died back in ‘87. Saying “I miss her” doesn’t really do justice to the reality of it. Charlene’s mom is gone as well. We just wish so many times that they were here to share and take part in our lives-especially with the kids. Didn’t turn out that way for us. God knows best. Father Knows Best. I looked through a few old pictures. Here’s one I quite liked of Mom holding my little brother Bobby. Cool cars too.

The picture was taken at my Uncle Elmer’s house – originally the Schanzenbach homestead which adjoined the original Ripley homestead. The Schanzenbachs were my dad’s mother’s side of the family. All of that (just about mile away from our place, as the crow flies) is now owned by the infamous (and I don’t use that word lightly) Berrys.

Check out my cousins, Jack and Gene, standing closest to Mom. You’d think they’d been PhotoShop’d – but no, they were that long, lean, and lanky. The landscape was as bleak as the life itself, but we didn’t know it.

Mom Holding My Brother Bobby